March 4th is IT

We had our last doctor's appt. Monday. Everything looks pretty good, still have some protein and minor elevated bp but it seems to be stable. So the decision was made my the doctor to schedule an induction for March 4th. I go in the hospital on the 3rd to receive some medication to help my cervix thin out then on the morning of the 4th I will recieve the induction medication and then we WAIT. It could start righ away or it could still take a while, not sure. Sometimes women don't respond to the pitocin and the process can be long but we are hopeful that things will progress nicely. I am already 2cm dilated and 50% effaced (thinned) so that it a good sign that it won't be too difficult. I am on bed rest however I have started to get out in the afternoons and take a walk, partly because I hope she will come on her own and partly to save my sanity. Bed rest truly is no fun! I'm so bored...
The doctor said she had dropped quite a bit as well so I am confident that she is also doing what she can to get into this world and be with her very anxious parents.
So thats the update. The next time I write I will be introducing our little baby girl!

So,here is our little girl! The events that got us these pictures have been no fun but at least something good came out of it. Last Monday I was having BP issues at work and just feeling crappy. I called the doctor and they had me come in on Tuesday. Then they checked my BP and it was ok so they said just to keep my appt. for the next day so they could check it again and be sure. Well all day Wednesday I felt bad again, swelling out of control, short of breath, and just run down, along with a headache. So at my appt. my BP was 166/94. That got me admitted to the hospital along with the fact I had protein in my urine and pitted edema (where the swelling is so bad that when you push on your skin it stays and doesn't go back to its normal form). So my doctor sent me over right away for observation and did a 24 hour urine test. It came back early Friday morning that I had a mild case of toxemia/preeclampsya. So I had to remain in the hospital for more tests. The good news was my bp was down and had stayed down since I had been admitted. Then Saturday came and I got the news I still had to stay. They mentioned induction and other things but we were hoping that was not going to happen. Then my bp continued to be good but I was still showing elevated protein in my urine dips. So finally this morning my doctor said I could go home on the conditions that I 1-stayed on bed rest indefinitely, 2-check my bp 2-3 times a day, and 3-come into the office twice a week. So, now I am home and will be on bed rest and going in frequently to the doctor. She said she is planning to most likely induce me at about 37-38 weeks depending on how everything looks but she said I almost positively won't carry Ava to 40 wks. But the best news is that the ultra sound revealed that this all has had NO affect on her at all and she is growing perfectly in the womb. She is active as ever and has a perfect heart rate and measures exactly how she should. As you can see she is also the cutest baby ever on the u/s pics! I'm so excited to have been able to get those pictures. We were not going to go have them done but since they were necessary to check her we now have them.

So thats where I am right now, in bed and will be for at LEAST two more weeks. I'll need everyone's prayers to get through this because bed rest is going to be a TRUE challenge for me. I thrive on being busy and now I am the total opposite. I get to lay here and think about labor and delivery and induction and pain and all that fun stuff. WooHoo!

If you get tons of emails from me I apolopgize because I am already SO bored.

Here are the latest pics of the belly. I'm at about 34 weeks here. Only 6 more to go! Its coming fast...but not fast enough, haha. I'm at the stage where pregnancy has lost almost all of its glow. I just enjoy the little nudges I get every day but the rest I can do without. eI am having one or two ok nights of sleep a week and that gets old, and my feet, hands, and face have started to swell up which is uncomfortable. But I know its normal...says the doctor. My next appt is tomorrow then I go back in two weeks then I start my weekly appts...I do that for four weeks then its time for Ava Lane to make her appearance! YAY! I had a great shower this weekend and I got lots of great things. I think we just need a few things now and then we will be ready for her. While she is here in her first few months we will work on finishing the nursery but since its up stairs we aren't in a big hurry because I don't plan on hiking up any stairs any time soon after she is born, at least not in the first few months.

So thats about it. Kenny and I are just getting more and more excited and ready to meet our baby girl.